Caernarfonshire shipping registers, 1786-1918, relating to Port of Beaumaris, 1786-1901; Port of Caernarfon, 1840-1918; Port of Pwllheli, 1840-1851; and list of ship registers, 1960.
Caernarfonshire Shipping Registers
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- Dates of Creation1786-1918; 1960
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description(26 items)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Beaumaris, Anglesey, was the principal port of North Wales until the Port of Caernarfon was established. Pwllheli was a sub-port of Beaumaris between 1840 and 1844 and a sub-port of Caernarfon after 1844. The ports were responsible to the Crown for the registration of shipping and the collection of duties on imports; their shipping registers record details of vessels including the owner, the master, changes of owner, and the eventual fate of the vessel.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following: Port of Beaumaris; Port of Caernarfon; Port of Pwllheli; and miscellaneous.
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Note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Caernarfon Record Office, Shipping Registers, catalogue; Archifdy Ynys Môn/Anglesey County Record Office, Records of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (Anglesey), catalogue; Gwynedd Maritime Database, (http://freespace.virgin.net/r.cadwalader/maritime/maritime.htm#top), viewed 28 September 2004.
Other Finding Aids
Hard copies of the catalogue are available in Caernarfon Record Office and the National Library of Wales.
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Usual copyright regulations apply.
Appraisal Information
All records deposited at Caernarfon Record Office have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected